English Explanatory Dictionary

perspicuous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
  2. (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
  3. That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.

Pronunciation

/pəˈspɪkjuːəs/ /pərˈspɪkjəwəs/ /pɚˈspɪkjuːəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perspicuous.wav

Word forms

perspicuous more perspicuous most perspicuous

Etymology

From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).

Synonyms

transparent pervious apprehensible clear limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible lucid pellucid perspicuous straightforward tangible understandable see-through translucent clear as crystal crystalline diaphanous glassy hyaline hyaloid serene transpicuous vitreous

Antonyms

abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable imperspicuous adiaphanous nontransparent opacous opacular opaque

Related words

perspective perspicacious perspicaciously perspicacity perspicuity

Derived words

perspicuously perspicuousness semiperspicuous unperspicuous
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